Alexopoulos, Cassandra and Timmermans, Elisabeth and Sharabi, Liesel L and Roaché, David J and Croft, Alyssa and Dorrance Hall, Elizabeth and James-Hawkins, Laurie and Lamarche, Veronica and Uhlich, Maximiliane (2021) Settling down without settling: Perceived changes in partner preferences in response to COVID-19 concern. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38 (6). pp. 1901-1919. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211011527
Alexopoulos, Cassandra and Timmermans, Elisabeth and Sharabi, Liesel L and Roaché, David J and Croft, Alyssa and Dorrance Hall, Elizabeth and James-Hawkins, Laurie and Lamarche, Veronica and Uhlich, Maximiliane (2021) Settling down without settling: Perceived changes in partner preferences in response to COVID-19 concern. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38 (6). pp. 1901-1919. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211011527
Alexopoulos, Cassandra and Timmermans, Elisabeth and Sharabi, Liesel L and Roaché, David J and Croft, Alyssa and Dorrance Hall, Elizabeth and James-Hawkins, Laurie and Lamarche, Veronica and Uhlich, Maximiliane (2021) Settling down without settling: Perceived changes in partner preferences in response to COVID-19 concern. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38 (6). pp. 1901-1919. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211011527
Abstract
The goal of this study was to explore the positive association between concern related to COVID-19 and single individuals’ perceived changes to their partner preferences. In addition, we investigated the mediating role of fear of being single. Results indicated that people with greater COVID-19 concern perceived an increase in the importance of stability, family commitment, and physical/social attractiveness, as well as fear of being single. Fear of being single only negatively predicted the importance of physical/social attractiveness, whereas it positively predicted the importance of stability and family commitment. Thus, in most cases, people with a greater concern for COVID-19 perceived themselves to become more selective, even when they exhibit higher levels of fear of being single.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19; fear of being single; mate selection; partner preferences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2021 11:48 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2022 19:45 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/30179 |
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